To clarify, grade powers are nations that have sovereignty and independence and could essentially secure themselves without the help of others, according to Dr. ... Listening to the different points and similar topics brought up by all of the speakers familiarized me with each countries viewpoints. ... In my history class, we have been learning a lot about the Crusades and how power, control, and economics all tie into becoming a leading nation. ... Gao Fei mentioned that US and China have a very strong economic relationship with each other (biggest trade partners) and that without the strengt...

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The Second World War brought had an aftermath of another war, the Cold War, which was basically the U.S vs the Soviet Union, both were highly equipped with weapons of mass destruction and were opposites, this was cause enough to bring fears of destruction or even annihilation, change in economics and social changes to the U.S and the free world. ... To preserve democracy and to relieve tensions, Eisenhower "s administration proposed the containment of communism as it did by currying favor with European, latin American and asian nations. They helped Europe economically, helped Korea and suppo...

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The Berlin Blockade (24 June 1948 – 12 May 1949) was one of the first major international crisis of the Cold War, a sustained state of political and military tension between powers in the Western world led by the United States with NATO among its allies, and powers in the Eastern hemisphere, dominated by the Soviet Union along with the Warsaw Pact. This began after the success of their temporary wartime alliance against Nazi Germany, leaving the USSR and the US as two superpowers with major economic and political differences. Back then the world was considered bipolar becau...

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It can be a case of simple geometry, in which A interacts with B: but in a more complex system such as that of Asia, with the presence of more than one major actor, each with their distinct, sometimes conflicting political agendas, the interaction between A and B will be likely to affect C or influenced by C. ... Let us begin with a simpler model of strategic geometry which existed in Europe during the Cold War. ... "The most well-known and widely debated triangle being the Sino-Soviet-US grouping with at least 4 possible configurations." ... In addition, five others also helped to shape S...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate